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Ever since my last tube television blew up a few years ago, my old machines just haven't been getting the love they once were. Don't get me wrong, I've tried, but when paired with any television in my house everything prior to a console generation ago absolutely looks like crap. I can't play any of my old favorites on any of the newer tvs without frustration over the graphics or having the screen size converted correctly. Its also almost impossible to find a decent switch to run the 12 or so older game systems to because all the new tvs have a million ports but only one coaxial and one rca. And forget house of the dead, duck hunt, hogan's alley, lethal enforcers; light gun games are dead. RIP NES R.O.B.
Finding a good tube tv is starting to be difficult. The last generation of the tube tvs were using progressive scan and i'm not sure the rob or the older light guns work with it. (if anyone knows say something!). Everything has so much age on it now its crap when you buy it.
So other than ranting about how my true love has gotten old and fat and really not so pleasant to look at; does anyone have an answer to how we enjoy our classic consoles in their original glory? Emulation is a neat little legal grey area but the adapters to play with the real controllers would just add clutter to my desk and a lot of the emulators are kinda lame. Finding a 40 something plus inch sony trinitron from 1996 in great shape is a pipe dream.
I'd be willing to sacrifice the ligh gun games and use a rgb / scart scaler but those boxes are $400 +. I've also heard people use their recievers to upscan but the majority says theirs still looks crappy.
Any actual success stories out there?
Finding a good tube tv is starting to be difficult. The last generation of the tube tvs were using progressive scan and i'm not sure the rob or the older light guns work with it. (if anyone knows say something!). Everything has so much age on it now its crap when you buy it.
So other than ranting about how my true love has gotten old and fat and really not so pleasant to look at; does anyone have an answer to how we enjoy our classic consoles in their original glory? Emulation is a neat little legal grey area but the adapters to play with the real controllers would just add clutter to my desk and a lot of the emulators are kinda lame. Finding a 40 something plus inch sony trinitron from 1996 in great shape is a pipe dream.
I'd be willing to sacrifice the ligh gun games and use a rgb / scart scaler but those boxes are $400 +. I've also heard people use their recievers to upscan but the majority says theirs still looks crappy.
Any actual success stories out there?